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Laura Secor

World

The Man Who Refused to Spy

The F.B.I. tried to recruit an Iranian scientist as an informant. When he balked, the payback was brutal.

Laura Secor New Yorker Sep 2020 35min Permalink

Politics World

Her Husband Was a Princeton Graduate Student. Then He Was Taken Prisoner in Iran.

Hua Qu is fighting to save her husband — one of at least seven U.S. captives in the Islamic Republic being used as pawns in a nearly 40-year secret history of hostage taking.

Laura Secor New York Times Magazine Jul 2018 35min Permalink